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7/31/15
ColumnsBy William L. Holahan and Charles O. Kroncke, special to the Tampa Bay Times

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A couple of clutch hits and the Rays left town feeling a lot better about themselves.

Asdrubal Cabrera and James Loney knocked in eighth-inning runs to lead the Rays to a come-from-behind 4-3 win over the Red Sox on Sunday.

After six solid innings, and a career-high matching 113 pitches from Jake Odorizzi, the Rays used Xavier Cedeno and Steve Geltz in the seventh, Jake McGee in the eighth and Brad Boxberger to close it for his 26th save.

The Rays won for just the sixth time since the All-Star break, and 12th time in their last 36 games, improving to 52-54.

The Rays took the early lead, when Brandon Guyer, who looks to get more playing time with Steven Souza Jr. out four-six weeks with a fractured left hand, led off with a full-count homer against Sox starter Wade Miley.

But the Sox came right back with a pair of runs on two two-out hits off Rays starter Jake Odorizzi.

Xander Bogaerts singled, then stole second with no throw from catcher Rene Rivera. That was costly when Hanley Ramirez doubled, as Bogaerts came around to score. Mike Napoli followed with a single to make it 2-1.

The Sox pushed the lead to 3-1 in the third after Odorizzi hit Bogaerts with one out. David Ortiz lashed a double off the Green Monster, Bogaerts came all the way around to score as the ball caromed off the wall so hard third baseman Evan Longoria picked it up about halfway out.

The Rays got back to within 3-2 in the fourth when Cabrera singled with one out and Loney doubled to right.

The Rays had a promising opportunity to at least tie in the seventh when Kevin Kiermaier hustled his way to a two-out triple that ended Miley's day.

The Sox brought in another lefty, Robbie Ross Jr., and the Rays pinch-hit Curt Casali for .176-hitting Rene Rivera, but Casali was hit by pitch. Guyer then worked a full-count walk to load the bases.

Rather than bring in a right-hander and face one of the Rays better lefty pinch-hitters, John Jaso or Grady Sizemore, the Sox stuck with Ross, preferring he face Joey Butler. And that strategy worked, as Butler went down swinging, leaving him 9-for-his-last 65.

The Rays got another shot and rallied for two in the eighth off Junichi Tazawa. Evan Longoria got them started with a double high off the Green Monster. With one out, Cabrera ripped a pitch that one-hopped the rightfield fence for a ground-rule double, scoring Longoria as the tying run. James Loney followed with a single to center soft enough for Cabrera to score.

The Rays left after the game for Chicago, where they open a three-game series with the White Sox on Monday night. Nathan Karns will be on the mound for the Rays, lefty Jose Quintana for the White Sox....